Center Justification of Printed Text in PCL 5

without concern for character widths.

Define a macro containing the text to be right justified. In the following example, that is id number 1022
Position the cursor to the center of the desired text position
Set pattern transparency to transparent and pattern to solid white
Set print direction to 180 degrees
Set the point size to half that of the actual desired size
Execute the macro containing the printable text.
Set pattern transparency to opaque and pattern to solid black
Set print direction to 0 degrees
Set the point size to the actual desired size
Execute the macro containing the printable text.

<esc>*p4798x540Y<esc>*vo1T<esc>&a180P<esc>(s3V<esc>&f1022Y<esc>&f2X<esc>*v1oT<esc>&a0P<esc>(s6V<esc>&f1022Y<esc>&f2X

Questions:

spamadKILLspam at wiegmann-dmp.de asks: " thies exemple: Center Justification of Printed Text in PCL 5 don't work.
It is also a right justified. how can I do center justified?" James Newton replies: The only case in which this will not work is if the font is not available in half size or if you use a command to select the half size that is not compatible with the font in use. In the case of the code shown above, the font is assumed to be a proportional spaced font available in 3 and 6 point size as selected by the (s3V or (s6V. For a non-proportional font, use the "h" command instead of the "v" command to select half the CPI or pitch. A more complete example would be
<esc>&f1022yXThis is a test<esc>&f1X<esc>(s1p10v0s0b4148T<esc>*p479x540Y|<esc>*vo1T<esc>&a180P<esc>(s3V<esc>&f1022Y<esc>&f2X<esc>*v1oT<esc>&a0P<esc>(s6V<esc>&f1022Y<esc>&f2X<esc>&l2H+
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See:

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